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The title of today’s episode is: What’s In A Name?

What’s in a name? That question is asked in the story of Romeo and Juliet. The two young people in love were from families that hated one another. Each family would not have approved of their relationship. She asked him to deny his father and refuse his name. This is what Satan tries to do to us is get us to deny our father and refuse our family name.

Another place it says would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Trying to play down the importance of a name. Which may be all well an good unless you are talking about a child of God turning their back on the family name. Then it is never ever a good thing.

People often say about a child that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. In other words, the children end up for the most part being like their parents. The child is judged by the parents reputations, good or bad. If the parents have a good name, people will trust their children. If the parents have been thieves, drunks and liars. People go by the reputation and distrust the child based on the parents. This may not always be fair, but it is the way things happen.

Children normally learn the habits of the parents. They learned life skills from them and how to handle different situations. Sometime there are generational curses that stay with families that taint their reputation.

If your family has a good name, you must teach each generation to uphold that good name. From this we could say, it is important then to have a good reputation among men. But it is even more important that God knows your name and has declared you to be a good and faithful servant. One that has the name of Jesus applied to their life.

But we have walked this earth labeled by our choices to sin. Our name was whatever that sin was and we were broken. There is one that is willing to give us a new name. His name is Jesus, and when we are adopted into his family, we take on that family name, “Lord Jesus Christ”

Eph 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Eph 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

I ask what’s in a name? Well, if the name is Jesus, there is a lot packed into that name. Savior, Father, Friend, Redeemer of Sin, Healer of broken Hearts and physical bodies. There is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain that has us bound.

Acts 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

There is no other name given among men whereby we must be saved. Without the name of Jesus we cannot make heaven our home. His name has to be on our life, we have to be adopted into the family of God. He is only coming after his children.

Psalm 5:11-12 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

His children should rejoice at his name. We can trust in that name. We must do all we can to be a good light in the world. When we allow ourselves to walk in the flesh and are not a good light, we sully the reputation of the name of Jesus. To the world that is watching, they feel like they are as good as the lukewarm that say they are children of God, but do not act like it.

This is why we need to be every vigilant to walk in the love of Christ.

Eph 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

We love because he first loved us. This is why we need to be ever vigilant to walk in the love of Christ. It is not always easy to walk in love, but the sacrifice of it is pleasing to God.

Eph5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

The only way to walk in light is to be children of God. Then we walk in the light that is revealed to us. We are all at different stages of growth in our walk. We are to walk in all the light that we have, while asking God to enlighten us to become fully what he wishes for us.

Phil 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Everyone will acknowledge that Jesus is Lord. Every knee will bow to God in submission. Some will choose to do it now. Others will wait until their judgment day, but make no mistake, if the word says every knee will bow, then everyone will bow, even the most vile, evil demon-possessed person you could imagine.

I am thankful that I met a man called Jesus. I know there is power in his name to reverse the sin curse. He can make all things new again. We just need to learn to trust him to be our life.

Col 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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